Local Newspapers
Introduction ...
Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Decatur.
Our newspaper information for Decatur is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Decatur. In addition, the list contains another 16 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Decatur. In total, we've identified 17 papers within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Decatur.
Newspapers Published In Decatur ...
We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Decatur area:
- The Newton County News (from 1931)
Newspapers Neighboring Decatur ...
The following newspapers were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> of Decatur.
The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Decatur.
- Published In Newton ...
- Newton Free Press (from 1884)
- Newton Weekly Ledger (from 1871)
- The Newton Dispatch (from 18??)
- The Newton Record (from 1901)
- The Newton Report (from 1877)
- Published In Hickory ...
- The Newton County Index (from 1886)
- The Reporter-Index (from 1900)
- Published In Forest [Scott County] ...
- Scott County Register (from 1886)
- Scott County Times (from 1939)
- The Forest Register (from 1867)
- The Forest Weekly Register (from 1868)
- The Ku-Klux (from 1871)
- The News Register (from 1915)
- Published In Philadelphia [Neshoba County] ...
- Choctaw Community News (from 1969)
- The Neshoba Democrat (from 1881)
- The Philadelphia Chronicle (from 1921)
Footnotes ...
<1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Decatur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Decatur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4390, Longitude: -89.1097 |